Just My Luck
Is it just me or has lady luck been simply frowning down on me. For my first ever job interview, I travelled to the mrt station only to discover, to my utmost horror, that the train service has broken down from Pasir Ris to Tanah Merah. So I hopped onto the shuttle bus provided. But after rumbling along the road for 15 minutes, I hadn't even reached Tampines mrt station, when in that 15 minutes I could have reached Tanah Merah if I were on board the train. Finally the bus came to a standstill at Tampines. Frustrated and about to be late for the interview, I hopped off the bus and attempted to flag a cab down. BUT they were all occupied!! I finally dialed for a cab but still ended up late anyway. Stupid stupid stupid.
Then I fell horribly sick and came down with flu, sore throat and cough. But the worst part was that I started losing my voice a few days later. I went for my second interview with half a voice.
Come Saturday, after talking too much during alumni CO practice, I lost it completely. After waking up from a short afternoon nap at home, I was reduced to whispering to my family members. Then I went to the doctor (finally) and he said it was pretty serious. Gave me strong antibiotics and all the other necessary medicine.
I whispered through my third interview on Monday (yes I did explain that it was a sore throat and that I'm not really actually mute). But on my way to the interview, the ground was wet from a slight drizzle and I lost my footing on the bridge on my way out of my condo. The next moment I was kissing the ground. I landed, not on my butt, but on my left knee, which bore the full impact of the fall. Of all body parts to land on I had to land on my old accident injuries! Crap, the pain that shot through my leg. Ugh. But it was such an embarrassing scene that I immediately picked myself up from the ground and limped off as if nothing had happened.
I don't know how, but I managed to survive through the whole interview and get home before checking my injury. My knee hasn't looked this colourful since the accident nearly 2 years ago. It's now sporting this wonderful hue of purple, green and blue.
So there you have it. My very own, series of unfortunate events.
Is it just me or has lady luck been simply frowning down on me. For my first ever job interview, I travelled to the mrt station only to discover, to my utmost horror, that the train service has broken down from Pasir Ris to Tanah Merah. So I hopped onto the shuttle bus provided. But after rumbling along the road for 15 minutes, I hadn't even reached Tampines mrt station, when in that 15 minutes I could have reached Tanah Merah if I were on board the train. Finally the bus came to a standstill at Tampines. Frustrated and about to be late for the interview, I hopped off the bus and attempted to flag a cab down. BUT they were all occupied!! I finally dialed for a cab but still ended up late anyway. Stupid stupid stupid.
Then I fell horribly sick and came down with flu, sore throat and cough. But the worst part was that I started losing my voice a few days later. I went for my second interview with half a voice.
Come Saturday, after talking too much during alumni CO practice, I lost it completely. After waking up from a short afternoon nap at home, I was reduced to whispering to my family members. Then I went to the doctor (finally) and he said it was pretty serious. Gave me strong antibiotics and all the other necessary medicine.
I whispered through my third interview on Monday (yes I did explain that it was a sore throat and that I'm not really actually mute). But on my way to the interview, the ground was wet from a slight drizzle and I lost my footing on the bridge on my way out of my condo. The next moment I was kissing the ground. I landed, not on my butt, but on my left knee, which bore the full impact of the fall. Of all body parts to land on I had to land on my old accident injuries! Crap, the pain that shot through my leg. Ugh. But it was such an embarrassing scene that I immediately picked myself up from the ground and limped off as if nothing had happened.
I don't know how, but I managed to survive through the whole interview and get home before checking my injury. My knee hasn't looked this colourful since the accident nearly 2 years ago. It's now sporting this wonderful hue of purple, green and blue.
So there you have it. My very own, series of unfortunate events.
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